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Stream: lean4

Topic: unknown free variable on `obtain`


Aaron Liu (Jul 08 2025 at 16:20):

Here's a mwe

example (h : ∃ a : Nat, (∃ b, a = b + 1) ∧ 0 ≤ a) : True := by
  obtain ⟨_, ⟨b, rfl⟩, put_your_cursor_here_and_look_at_the_infoview⟩ := h
  trivial

Aaron Liu (Jul 08 2025 at 16:22):

The error is

Error updating: Error fetching goals: Rpc error: InternalError: unknown free variable '_fvar.161'. Try again.

Aaron Liu (Jul 08 2025 at 16:25):

This kind of obtain pattern turn up for membership in the image of a set.


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